Julian Clary

It's a wise thing to hold back.

A lot of gay men have a lot of sex. That's what we do. But I've stopped all that-the revolving door into my bedroom. Promiscuity. That was of its day, really.

I get just as much of a thrill out of constructing a good sentence that gets a laugh at the end as I do from a joke.

I knew that this was what I wanted to talk about on stage. There was no point being coy about it, or pretending that I wasn't gay. That was the substance of my whole act. If you took that away, there would be nothing left.

I live in a kind of gay bubble. I live in a gay house, I drive a gay car. I eat gay food.

I think Australians like a bit of vulgarity.

I thought they were staring at me because I was gay. But it was because I was on the telly.

I was lightweight - that was the whole point of me.

Rodents can come across as being quite vacant in the personality stakes.

However light-hearted you try to be about it, the loss of youth, and everything that goes with it, is quite a trauma.

The good thing about getting older is that, as you become less attractive, so you have less desire to go out and conquer everyone you see.

It's almost a way of life. I know what makes me laugh.